694 On Various Genera of the Ruminants. [July, 



No preputial bag. 



Four teats. 



False hoofs, ordinary, small. 



Canines not exserted, and confined to males ? 



Type, Meminna Indica. Pisora and Pisai. 



Inhabits the forests of India in all parts, near to, but without the 



various ranges of Hills. 



CAVICORNKE MINORES. 



Lesser hollow-horned Ruminants or Flocks. 



Hoofs cloven. Occipital 'plane of scull forming a small or large 



angle with frontal plane. Horns hollow, sheathed, persistent, with 



thin and dense, or thick and porous cores. Mufle small, for the most 



part, or wanting. Front teeth 8 below. None above. Canines present 



or absent. Molars £ or J- . Teats 4 or 2. Eye, feet, and groin, pits, 



present or absent. 



ANTELOPIDCE. 



Antelope kind. 

 Sasinadi. 



Occipital plane of scull forming an obtuse angle with the frontal 

 plane. Core of the horns thin, consisting of dense bone often with a 

 clear sinus at the base within. Horns seated on the superior surface, 

 below the crest of the frontals, and apart at bases. Canines frequent. 

 Mufle present or absent. Teats normally 4 or 2. Feet-pits in all 4 

 feet or only in the hind ones. 



Eye-pits present or absent. Groin-pits present or absent. 



N. B. These animals have also occasionally maxillary, intermaxil- 

 lary and post-orbital sinuses, the number and high development of these 

 organs being one decided characteristic of the Family. 



9. Genus Tetracerus. 



Chousinha. Chouka. 



Horns in males only, four in number. Two inter-orbital ; and two 



behind eyes, but below crest of forehead. 



Mufle large, as in Deer. 



Eye-pits medial, linear, longitudinal." 



Feet-pits in hind limbs only, or none. 



No inguinal pits. 



No calcic tuft or gland. 



Teats four? two? 



Canines in the males. 



